Jim Purcell's Newsletter Archive

Sat, May 25 2019

The Trump administration will soon make it easier for adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples, senior administration officials told Axios. Why it matters: Trump is steadily rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination policies across the entire…

April 24, 2019 by Marcia Robiou Abrams Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Columbia Journalism School Fellowship In 2011, as protests against the Assad regime broke out across Syria, economics student Waad al-Kateab grabbed her phone and started filming.

For Sama — a documentary telling the story of one woman's journey through love, motherhood, war and survival during five years of the Syrian conflict — has been awarded the Prix L'Œil d'Or for Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes…

Ayanna Pressley at a rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside an expected speech by U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) in Boston, U.S., October 1, 2018 (REUTERS/Brian Snyder). From the moment they entered the political sphere…

Inside the no-holds-barred war for control of the Supreme Court. From Brett Kavanaugh to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance transformed the court and turned confirmations into bitter, partisan conflicts. Inside the…